THE SAME GOES FOR THE FOOLS ASKING FOR MONEY TO FUND THEIR STUPID NON ARTISTIC PARTY BUS THAT ONLY PASSES THE DMV BECAUSE OF THEIR "INTERACTIVITY"

pacifier sucking trance loving vicks vaporub buying kids LOVE to go to music shows in the off season just as much as at burning man.. and these groups could easily raise money hand over fist compared to the art projects who struggle with their Art Auctions.

of course they do 100%! by default anyone applying for a license implies they believe they have a mutant vehicle..

it IS the dept of mutant vehicles, right?

digging out the official PR is always boring but here we go!

In order to be eligible for a Mutant Vehicle license you must satisfy ALL of the following criteria:

#1 Level of MutationMutate your vehicle to the point that it is not recognizable as a street vehicle. A radically mutated vehicle will not resemble or represent a car, truck, golf cart or any other readily identifiable street vehicle. Is the vehicle radically mutated or is the exterior a temporary decoration that required little or no actual mutation of the base vehicle?

#2 InteractivityProvide an interactive experience for participants of Black Rock City. Interactivity is defined as an opportunity for any BRC citizen to participate in some activity offered by your vehicle. The theme and/or size of the vehicle is what's considered here. Do you entertain a crowd? Have plenty of room for riders? Provide a service to the community via your vehicle? Include an interactive element?

etc..

cant have one without the other...

youve seen em out there.. you know you have..

you know what a bus looks like... you kno what a unimog looks like..

surely theres plenty of images to compare!... but you can google those up yerself..

YEAH they are devaluing the goodness of all that is holy where mutant vehicles are concerned.

park it in camp and have a dance party there! pal.

these big busses that are unmodified certainly encourage new builders to build unmodified party vehicles because WELL I SAW LAST YEAR MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT WERENT MUTATED, C'MON MAN!

....and we will certainly see kickstartr campaigns for crap influenced by that non mutant party bus crap.

If the vehicle's mutated and strange, I'm all for it bumping as much wattage as her crew is able to bring along. As for the UniMog, it is somewhat mutated (roof section, the fold out wings, a few other details) but it's likely grandfathered in (along with a lot of the older vehicles whose mutations wouldn't normally meet the current requirements).

While we're on the subject though…

DEAR SOUND CAMPS…. DON'T FUCKING HOARD TICKETS FOR YOUR PERFORMERS/TALENT/HEADLINERS. Let them get their own goddamned tickets (you know, radical self reliance). Last year caught a lot of people off-guard, but this year scarcity should be a surprise to no one. Anyone you'd consider putting on your lineup who can't get their shit together over the next 8 months should not be there. There will be no shortage of A-list quality talent you'll be able to fill your timeslots with, and hoarding dozens upons dozens of tickets means you're denying the opportunity to go for people who are trying to be prepared and get their own tickets.

Fuck that I'm well aware of your position/hatred/disdain for EDM and the subsequent vibe/parties that surround them, so I won't go there..

..but Robot Heart.. to me.. is one of the best things in Bee Are See.

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This was just...

I really just planned on going to the open playa to look at / play with artwork that morning. I was actually thinking to myself - no more dance party - not gonna be a raver this morning. Then some mad-max looking bug-car picked me up and dumped me here.

A dozen years ago I used to go to some pretty trashy EDM parties. The whole vibe mostly sucked - people talk about spectators at BRC, but they have no idea. But a few of the people there were going for something, and I appreciated what they were reaching for.

This was IT - they had it and it looked completely effortless. Just right out in the open waiting for people to walk up and start moving. Unreal.

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Do the buses like Robot Heart get grants? I do like the big sound camps out there. They add to the over-the-top largeness of Burning Man. I really would like to see two or more sound camps square off and do a shoot out. That would be an epic event. I'd like to see several sound camps sync up together with an fm signal and bounce sounds and ideas off each other.

The camp with a differenceNever mind the weatherWhen you camp with Plug & PlyYour holiday's forever